We have announced the first successful applicants for the Jean Guild Grants programme, which offers small awards for projects and research which expand what we know about the city and bring our history to life.
The successful projects are:
- James Gillespie’s High School: Gaelic in Edinburgh – A History
- Northlight Productions: Visiting 1700s Edinburgh through virtual photography
- Trinity Network: Reviving the Trinity Stones (fragments of the medieval royal collegiate church).
The researchers gaining funding are:
- Jenny Bruce: Linen Weavers in Edinburgh
- Graeme Cruickshank: Port Hopetoun, the Union Canal Basin
- Charlie Ellis: Table Tennis in Edinburgh
- Naomi Wells: History of the South Bridge.
Dr Ted Duvall, President of Club, said: “We were delighted with the number, range and especially the quality of the applications we received. Every application had its strong points but our funds are limited and we had hard choices to make. In launching the programme we have entered uncharted territory and we are determined to help ensure that it has an impact and that we learn for future years.
“The grants programme is named after Jean Guild, a senior librarian at the University of Edinburgh and a long-term member of the Club, who left a legacy to the Club. We are extremely grateful for her generous donation. This is enabling the Club to fulfil our mission to promote research and interest in the history of Edinburgh and do this in new and imaginative ways.”
The pilot programme was open to local history and heritage organisations, schools and colleges and to individual researchers.
